Initial situation

• Transport of small transport carriers, skeleton containers, Euro and industrial pallets
• Material delivery with front stackers
• Forklift operations: 30 operating hours per day
• Costly
• High traffic volume
• High dirt input in the factory halls
• Safety risk for employees
• Narrow aisles (2.5 m) on the shop floor

Customer request

• Productivity increase
• Minimize empty runs
• Cost savings
• Increase safety
• Smooth production supply with components and materials

LKE solution

• Streamlining of production supply by means of a forklift-free tugger system
• Platform car type X, KLT shelf car, cargo liner
• Tugger cars are equipped with the virtual LKE coupling and drawbar system for optimum directional stability in the narrow aisles
• 4 route trains on each of 5 routes in operation at the same time, while the next transport trains are standing by
• Tractor: 4 tractors

Result

• Omission use pallet truck
• Productivity increase, delivery frequency increased > Consistent capacity utilization > 2,000 containers are retrieved and installed daily
• Time savings due to exact delivery to the employee's premises
• Empty container share reduced by 15% - distribution of full containers and simultaneous pick-up of empty containers
• Cost savings
• True-to-track handling in the partly 2.5 m wide aisles
• Disconnection of any wagons from the tugger train possible
• Traffic volume minimized
• More security
• Space savings in the aisles of the production halls of 600 pallet spaces